www.unc.edu/mideast

The Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations aims to promote understanding of the Middle East through teaching, research and community outreach. The University aims to support a full range of traditional Middle East Studies, including the region's non-Muslim peoples and civilizations, while at the same time broadening the focus to include Muslim peoples and civilizations outside of the traditional area studies limits. The central organizing principle of UNC’s efforts in Middle East Studies is to develop a new method of studying the region, one that breaks down area studies barriers and combines cross-regional approaches with traditional regional concerns.

KEY CONTACTS

Carl Ernst
Director
cernst@email.unc.edu
+1 919-962-1425

Cangüzel Zülfikar
Associate Director
canguzel@email.unc.edu
+1 919-962-2034

KEY PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES

Carolina Seminar on Comparative Islamic Studies

UNC Press Series “Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks”

GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE OF CCSMEMC

For more information, see About Us.

Core Areas

Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus (northern), Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, West Bank and Gaza (Palestine) and Yemen

Extended Regions of Muslim Civilizations

Afghanistan, Albania, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mali, Mauretania, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sahara, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan